purgatorian

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noun

One who holds to the doctrine of purgatory.

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Meanings

nounpurgatorian (plural purgatorians)

plural purgatorians

  1. One who holds to the doctrine of purgatory.

    we must either suppose that passage to be metaphorical , or hold with many divines , and all the Purgatorians , that departed souls do not all at once arrive at the utmost perfection of which they are capable

    1791, James Boswell, “(please specify the year)”, in James Boswell, editor, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. […], London: […] Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, […], →OCLC

Origin

From purgatory + -ian.

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